German justice validates Sharia: acquitted despite 140 rapes
A Frankfurt court invokes «family customs» to acquit a 30-year-old man married to a 15-year-old girl under Sharia law and accused of 140 rapes.
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The German media Journalists' Watch reveals a court case that should make one rethink the limits of cultural tolerance in Europe. A court in Frankfurt has acquitted a man accused of 140 rapes against his wife and cousin. The main argument is that the marriage had been celebrated «according to Islamic traditions» and that sexual relations should be understood in that context.
The Syrian, now resident in Germany, «entered into a marriage» with his 15-year-old cousin in a religious ceremony in Lebanon. The union, illegal both in Lebanon (where the minimum age is 18) and in Germany, was the beginning of two years of torment for the teenager: habitual sexual abuse, documented threats and injuries consistent with sexual violence.
The victim's evidence
The alleged victim had documented the events in a diary. She recorded all the abuse and the 140 rapes.. But the court did not believe his account. A defence psychiatric expert classified his written statements as unreliable and inconsistent.
That the victim was under 15 years old – the age at which one is legally incapable of consenting to sexual relations in Germany – was also no problem for the court. Nor was the fact that the attacker was twice her age. In fact, the judges considered this power and age imbalance as an «irrelevant cultural detail».
Tolerance of child marriage
This is not the first time that the German justice system has been lenient towards so-called «child marriages». In part, the responsibility lies with the legislator: the law passed in 2017 to combat these unions was annulled by the Federal Constitutional Court in 2023., in the context of a debate about Islamic devotion, alleging that it was too general.
Since then, a legal loophole has opened up that means «marriages» with minors from «certain cultural contexts» are, de facto, tolerated—and even almost condoned—by the system. In fact, the court is considering whether to open proceedings against the girl for perjury.
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